Rachel Lenzi Consider what the world was like when Bill O’Neill took over as head coach of the Salem State hockey team in 1981. There was no such thing as Facebook or Twitter. There were only 21 NHL teams. In 1981, O’Neill was three years removed from winning a national championship at Boston University in 1978. And … Read more
The MASCAC shuffle continues, and by virtue of a pair of wins over the weekend, Plymouth State finds itself in first place in the conference, as three weeks remain in the regular season. The Panthers earned four points with a pair of home wins: a 4-2 win Thursday over Westfield State and a 4-3 win … Read more
The MASCAC shuffle continues, and by virtue of a pair of wins over the weekend, Plymouth State finds itself in first place in the conference, as three weeks remain in the regular season. The Panthers earned four points with a pair of home wins: a 4-2 win Thursday over Westfield State and a 4-3 win … Read more
From here on out, it will be imperative to keep an eye on both the ECAC Northeast and MASCAC standings. Entering this weekend’s slate of games, three points separate first place (Curry) from second (Johnson and Wales) in the ECAC Northeast, while two points separate first place (Salem State) from third (Plymouth State) in the … Read more
From here on out, it will be imperative to keep an eye on both the ECAC Northeast and MASCAC standings. Entering this weekend’s slate of games, three points separate first place (Curry) from second (Johnson and Wales) in the ECAC Northeast, while two points separate first place (Salem State) from third (Plymouth State) in the … Read more
Louie Educate can pinpoint the change that’s come in his team, what differentiates the Nichols hockey team’s first half of the season from its second half. In the first half, when Nichols would lose a lead or make a costly mistake, it was the start of a downward slope. The mistakes through the course of … Read more
As the season gets shorter, the proximity in the standings gets closer. Consider both the MASCAC and the ECAC Northeast. While not secure, Salem State is on top of the MASCAC standings, in part due to a seven-game unbeaten streak that includes five conference wins and one tie, including Saturday’s 4-2 win at Worcester State. … Read more
As the season gets shorter, the proximity in the standings gets closer. Consider both the MASCAC and the ECAC Northeast. While not secure, Salem State is on top of the MASCAC standings, in part due to a seven-game unbeaten streak that includes five conference wins and one tie, including Saturday’s 4-2 win at Worcester State. … Read more
Here comes crunch time. The final few weeks of the regular season are upon us, and teams from both the ECAC Northeast and the MASCAC are going to begin fighting it out for playoff positioning. Three weeks remain in the ECAC Northeast schedule, and entering Thursday’s games, a point separated first-place Curry from second-place Johnson … Read more
Here comes crunch time. The final few weeks of the regular season are upon us, and teams from both the ECAC Northeast and the MASCAC are going to begin fighting it out for playoff positioning. Three weeks remain in the ECAC Northeast schedule, and entering Thursday’s games, a point separated first-place Curry from second-place Johnson … Read more
There’s little doubt that Erik Noack has to be pleased by his team’s offensive prowess this season, but with less than a month remaining in the regular season, Noack, in his ninth season of coaching at Johnson and Wales, believes his team has a pressing issue to tend to: becoming one of six teams to … Read more
Nichols has seemed to have snapped itself out of a funk, and the Bison did it in a big way Saturday night at home against Johnson and Wales. To beat the team with one of the nation’s top offenses, Nichols simply had to score more goals. Louie Educate’s second goal of the game — scored … Read more
Nichols has seemed to have snapped itself out of a funk, and the Bison did it in a big way Saturday night at home against Johnson and Wales. To beat the team with one of the nation’s top offenses, Nichols simply had to score more goals. Louie Educate’s second goal of the game — scored … Read more
The ECAC Northeast finally has resumed its conference schedule, yet one of the most intriguing matchups will come in the MASCAC, when Plymouth State hosts Worcester State on Saturday, a game that will pair two of the conference’s top goalies: Plymouth State’s Jack Astedt and Worcester State’s Bryan Kalczynski. Last week I finished 5-1 (.833) … Read more
The ECAC Northeast finally has resumed its conference schedule, yet one of the most intriguing matchups will come in the MASCAC, when Plymouth State hosts Worcester State on Saturday, a game that will pair two of the conference’s top goalies: Plymouth State’s Jack Astedt and Worcester State’s Bryan Kalczynski. Last week I finished 5-1 (.833) … Read more
John Rolli hopes this week’s stretch of games doesn’t kill the Massachusetts-Dartmouth hockey team. While Rolli, the Corsairs’ 28th-year coach, didn’t say as much, if the Corsairs survive this stretch, it’s safe to say they might be a little bit stronger as a team. “We’re just trying to survive this week,” Rolli said, prior to … Read more
In two MASCAC games on Thursday and Saturday, Westfield State faced 66 shots on goal; simple math tells you that’s an average of 33 shots a game. However, it’s a sharp deviation from what was becoming the norm for the Owls. In a 4-0 loss Thursday at home to Plymouth State, Westfield State goalies Eddie … Read more
In two MASCAC games on Thursday and Saturday, Westfield State faced 66 shots on goal; simple math tells you that’s an average of 33 shots a game. However, it’s a sharp deviation from what was becoming the norm for the Owls. In a 4-0 loss Thursday at home to Plymouth State, Westfield State goalies Eddie … Read more
Yet again, it’s another weekend of nonconference games for the ECAC Northeast, save for Friday’s Wentworth-Becker game. One would think the endless road trips and the unfamiliar teams would produce some monotony, but it’s actually the opposite. Many of the conference’s schools are still on winter break, so this is the time when each team … Read more
Yet again, it’s another weekend of nonconference games for the ECAC Northeast, save for Friday’s Wentworth-Becker game. One would think the endless road trips and the unfamiliar teams would produce some monotony, but it’s actually the opposite. Many of the conference’s schools are still on winter break, so this is the time when each team … Read more